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In a 2012 Baltimore Sun review of Maiwand Kabob’s then-new location in Columbia Crossing, the fourth location of the locally owned Afghan kabob restaurant, Richard Gorelick wrote that Maiwand Kabob was as beloved in HoCo as The Helmand is here in Baltimore—strong words, given how much we tend to drool over The Helmand’s kaddo borwani. So we knew we had to check it out when we heard that Maiwand Kabob had opened a new location here in Charm City on March 30. Maiwand Kabob occupies a pretty small space a block up from Harborplace, with counter service and enough tables to seat 20-30 people. The menu is mostly, as you would expect, kabobs, with some gyros, some additional...

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